The camera slowly pans across a mural as the first verse of the chant of the 13th Demi-Brigade of the Foreign Legion is recited.

Opening scene - African women dance rythmically to Simarik by Tarkan. A song I'd never heard outside of the movie.

It has been bouncing around in my head for 7 years now. I had a dream the other day that I would meet a girl who knew this song and we would fall madly in love.

And there we were, at the beginning of a long night. I know this song, she said.

I met a woman across the sea, her hair the gold that gold could be
Are you a teacher of the heart? Yes, but not for thee.

                                                                               - Leonard Cohen, "Teachers"